Dr. Frederick D. Patterson (1901-1988) became Tuskegee University's third president in 1935. Dr. Patterson oversaw the establishment of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee . Today, nearly 75 percent of Black veterinarians in America are...

Tuskegee rose to national prominence under the leadership of its founder, Dr. Washington (1856-1915), who headed the institution from 1881 until his death at age 59. During his tenure, institutional independence was gained in 1892, again through...

Dr. Payton (1932- ) began his tenure as Tuskegee University's fifth president in 1981. Under his leadership, the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care and the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site were...

Robert R. Moton (1867-1940) was president of Tuskegee from 1915 to 1935. Under his leadership, the Tuskegee Veteran’s Administration Hospital was created on land donated by the Institute. The Tuskegee V.A. Hospital , opened in 1923, was the first...

Dr. Luther H. Foster (1900-1981) became the fourth president of Tuskegee Institute in 1953. Dr. Foster led Tuskegee through the transformational years of the Civil Rights Movement. Student action, symbolized by student martyr and SNCC member Sammy...

John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital was deicated on February 21, 1913. The result of a gift of Mrs. Charles E. Mason of Boston, Mass., wife of a Trustee of Tuskegee, the building was named in memory of her grandfather, Governor John A. Andrew of...

Photo, circa early 1900s. Children's house was located on the main campus. Student teachers did practice teaching at the Children's House. Built in 1901, it was the elementary school for children of teachers and townspeople. Children learned...

The Tuskegee Civic Association (or TCA), a nonprofit organization, was founded on April 13, 1941 at a meeting held at Greenwood Missionary Baptist Church, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. This photo was taken at the June 24, 1958 (at Butler Chapel AMEZ...